Psalm 68
1 Dem Sangmeister. Von David. Ein Psalm. Ein Lied.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Elohim steht auf: seine Feinde zerstieben, / Und seine Hasser fliehen vor ihm.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Wie Rauch verweht, verwehest du sie. / Wie Wachs vor Feuer zerschmilzt, / So müssen die Frevler vor Gott vergehn.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Doch die Gerechten sollen sich freun, sie sollen frohlocken vor Elohim / Und sich ergötzen in Wonne.
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Singt Elohim, spielt seinem Namen, / Preist ihn, der auf Wolken einherfährt! / Jah ist sein Name: jauchzet vor ihm!
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Ein Vater der Waisen und Anwalt der Witwen / Ist Elohim in seiner heiligen Wohnstatt.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 Verlassen gibt Elohim ein Heim, / Er führt Gefangene aus zum Glück. / Doch die Abtrünnigen bleiben im dürren Land.
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 Elohim, als du vor deinem Volk herzogst, / Als du durch die Wüste schrittst, (Sela)
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Da bebte die Erde, / Auch die Himmel troffen vor Elohim; / Der Sinai da — (er bebte) vor Elohim, / Israels Gott.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Mit reichlichem Segen besprengst du, Elohim, dein Erbe; / Und war es ermattet, hast du es erquickt.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Deine Schar fand Wohnung darin. / Gütig hast du den Armen versorgt, Elohim.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Adonái ließ mächtigen Ruf erschallen. / Siegkünderinnen gab es in großer Zahl.
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 Mit ihren Scharen flohen die Könige, flohen, / Und die Hausfrau verteilte die Beute.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Wenn ihr zwischen den Hürden lagt, / Waren der Taube Flügel mit Silber bezogen / Und ihre Schwingen mit gelblichem Gold.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 Als der Allmächtige Könige dort zerstreute, / Fiel Schnee auf Zalmon.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Ein Berg Elohims ist Basans Gebirge, / Reich an Gipfeln ist Basans Gebirge.
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Was blickt ihr so scheel, ihr Berge, ihr Gipfel, / Auf jenen Berg, den sich Elohim zum Wohnsitz erkoren? / Ja, Jahwe wird ewig dort thronen.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Der Wagen Elohims sind Zehntausende, tausend und abertausend, / Adonái weilt unter ihnen, / Der Sinai ist im Heiligtum.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Du bist zur Höhe emporgestiegen, du hast Gefangne weggeführt, / Hast Gaben an Menschen empfangen, / Auch Widerspenstige sollen wohnen bei Jah Elohim.
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Gepriesen sei Adonái! / Er trägt uns Tag für Tag; / Er, Gott, ist unsre Hilfe. (Sela)
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Er, Gott, ist uns ein Gott, der rettet: / Jahwe Adonái hat Ausgangswege auch für den Tod.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Ja, Elohim zerschellt seiner Feinde Haupt. / Den Haarscheitel des, der stolz einhergeht in seiner Sündenschuld.
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 Gesprochen hat Adonái: "Aus Basan bring ich (dich) heim, / Bring (dich) heim aus Meerestiefen,
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 Damit dein Fuß sich bade in Blut, / Deiner Hunde Zunge ihr Teil an den Feinden habe."
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Man wird deinen Prachtzug sehn, Elohim, / Meines Gottes, meines Königs Zug ins Heiligtum hinein:
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Sänger schreiten voran, dann folgen Saitenspieler / Inmitten Pauken schlagender Jungfraun:
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 "In Chören preist Elohim, / Preist Adonái, ihr aus Israels Born!"
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Da ist Benjamin der Kleine mit ihrem Herrscher: / Den Fürsten Judas in ihrem Purpur. / Da sind Sebulons Fürsten, Naftalis Fürsten.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Verordnet hat dein Gott, daß du so mächtig seist. / Stärke drum, Elohim, was du uns bereitet!
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Von deinem Tempel aus (walte du) über Jerusalem: / Dir sollen Könige Gaben bringen.
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Bedrohe das Tier des Schilfs, der Stiere Schar mit den Völkerkälbern, / Damit sie sich niederwerfen mit Silberstücken! / Zerstreue die Völker, die Kriege lieben!
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Aus Ägypten werden Gesandte kommen, / Kusch eilt her und bringt Elohim seine Gaben.
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Ihr Reiche der Erde, singt Elohim, / Preist Adonái mit Saitenspiel! (Sela)
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Preist ihn, der da fährt durch die Himmel, die Himmel der Urzeit! / Er läßt seine Stimme erschallen, seine mächtige Stimme.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 Gebt Elohim die Ehre! / Über Israel thront seine Hoheit, / In den Wolken ist seine Macht! Hehr bist du, Elohim, von deinen Heiligtümern aus. / Israels Gott — er gibt seinem Volke Macht und Kraft. / Gepriesen sei Elohim!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
